Just let me say that I was a total idiot to fall for such a scam as this. I have done business with Broderbund for many years and thought they were on the up and up, but I was mistaken. I find out that they sell my name and information to a fly by night rip off company that calls and represents itself as Crystal Vision an affliate of Broderbund.
They say that they have software and printer ink at a fraction of the price that you can get it in the stores and from other online companies. Of couse, I fell for it. They want to send you a 30 program CD as appreciation for your paid 30 day trial membership to a so-called online catalog.
Ok, not bad enough, I bought it and was told to go look around on the homepage until I could sign in to start shopping in 24 hours. They gave me a code to sign in with, but I can't even open the page at all, so what good would a code do me if you can't even get to the site.
Next, I was told that I could talk to a humam being any time I call this number (800-444-1343) LIE!!! I was told that I could get, for example, printer ink for a fraction of the cost that I pay now and that they would not be refilled cartridges, they would be brand new. That was the first thing I asked before agreeing to the trial and giving out my credit card. STUPID!!!
Now, I had second thoughts after I got off the phone and called right back to the number I was given not 10 minutes earlier, and SURPRISE, no one answered. Got a recording. Did some investigating and found this site and found that I have been ripped off big time.
Now, trying to get someone on the phone to no avail. I have called three different phone numbers for all the companies that show up on a cached site I can find online, no answer at any of them. Get an answering machine with the same speel from the same lady. Our office is close and our hours are blah, blah, blah!
I did write them an email and told them all this and that I did not want their services and that I knew that they were scammers and that I have reported them.
Please, EVERYONE, be very careful what you agree to on the phone. I am usually very careful and never agree to any of this kind of thing, but when they said they were with Broderbund, someone I have dealt with many times in the past, I trusted them. Wrong!!!
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